Karnataka

Hyderabad/Bangalore, September 1: Yet another youth identified as, Obaid-ur-Rahman, was arrested from Hyderabad for alleged links with terror organisations, source said. 26-year-old Obaid, a degree student residing at Gulshan Iqbal Colony in Chandrayangutta area of Old City, has been brought to Bangalore for questioning. Besides Obaid, the visiting team is also reported to have taken along at

Panaji, September 1: Collin Fernandes, accused of kidnapping his three children from his divorced wife's house in Qatar, deposited passports of the children with the Registrar of the Bombay High Court, here on Friday, following the court's order. Precyla Baretto had accused Mr. Fernandes of kidnapping and illegally bringing the children to Mapusa in Goa, after a Qatari court granted them divorce

Mangalore, September 1: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr K N Vijayaprakash said that all the donations given by the donors to the government schools would be henceforth 'stored' in a special software meant for the purpose to keep a track of all the donations received by the schools. Delivering presidential address at the felicitation of best SDMCs in the district at a

Mangalore, September 1: If poor visibility and bad weather had forced aircrafts to be diverted from Mangalore to Cochin and Calicut airports last week, on Friday there was trouble at Goa airport due to bad weather. Two Jet Airwaysflights from Mumbai on its way to Goa landed at the Bajpe airport here on Friday due to poor visibility and heavy rains at Goa Airport. The aircrafts landed here at 2 pm

Mangalore, September 1: The first additional district and sessions court on Friday denied bail to three more persons — Sandeep Shetty, Tharanath Alva and Venugopal — who had been arrested on charges of attacking those gathered for a birthday party at the Morning Mist Home Stay at Padil on the city's outskirts on July 28. The trio had filed an affidavit, accusing a police officer, whose daughter

Bangalore, August 31: Aijaz Ahmed Mirza, a DRDO scientist arrested along with 10 others on charges of plotting terror attacks in Karnataka, was not involved in any sensitive work in the organisation, Defence Research and Development Organisation said today. "He was not involved in any sensitive work and as such no sensitive or classified information has been compromised. Disciplinary action as per

Mangalore, August 31: In the wake of the arrest of 11 Muslim youths by the CCB of Bangalore Police, Federation of Muslim NGOs (FMN) has demanded the administration a fair investigation, adherence to rule of law and reiteration that innocents would not be harassed. Five boys from Bangalore were picked up on Wednesday at 9:30 am in a silver colour Innova by persons claiming to be policeman from JC

Mangalore, August 31: The new initiative of online submission of internal assessment marks will facilitate faster declaration of results, Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University said. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Murthy said that the University has already started conducting admissions online. Online submission of internal

Mangalore, August 31: Suresh Naik from Puttur, a mentally retarded person, has made his way into record books for his unique memory power. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Friday, Umesh Naik, his brother, said that Mr. Suresh's name has been included in the Limca Book of World Records following an event organized by the Limca Records authorities in Vijayvada, where Mr. Suresh

Mangalore, August 31: A protest was held by the Dakshina Kannada district-wing of BJP Yuva Morcha in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office on Thursday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and investigation of the multi-crore coal mining scam. The protestors burnt an effigy of Manmohan Singh. Addressing the gathering, State President of Yuva Morcha Sunil Kumar said that